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Definition of Ribose
1. Noun. A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.
Definition of Ribose
1. Noun. (carbohydrates) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ribose
1. a pentose sugar [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ribose
1. A monosaccharide pentose of widespread occurrence in biological molecules, for example RNA. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribose
Literary usage of Ribose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"From the sirupy mixture obtained by this reduction 1-ribose can be ... 1-ribose
consists of white needles melting at 87° C., easily soluble in water and ..."
2. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"From the sirupy mixture obtained by this reduction 1-ribose can be ... 1-ribose
consists of white needles melting at 87° C., easily soluble in water and ..."
3. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"From the sirupy mixture obtained by this reduction 1-ribose can be ... 1-ribose
consists of white needles melting at 87° C., easily soluble in water and ..."
4. Nucleic Acids: Their Chemical Properties and Physiological Conduct by Walter Jones (1914)
"Van Eckenstein and Blanksma [1909] obtained l-ribose in crystalline form and
found its melting point 87° and its specific rotation + 18'8°. ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Take, for example, the guanin-mononucleotide of plant-nucleic acid; either it
may lose the end-link phosphoric acid and give rise to d-ribose-guanin (known ..."
6. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"From his work on the nucleic acid of yeast, Levene finds that it is composed of
complexes consisting of phosphoric acid, carbohydrate (ribose), and a base. ..."
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